Travel With Great Explorers
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Follow the travels of Italian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo who traveled across Asia. His major voyages, explorations, and discoveries are presented in an entertaining, tabloid-news style.
This fascinating book follows the travels of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado on his quest to find the fabled Cities of Gold in what is now the Southwestern United States. Readers will learn about his deadly clashes with the Pueblo peoples, the first European sighting of the Grand Canyon and the Great Plains, and Coronado's eventual disappointment and disgrace.